| Haruka Miyabi - Manga Artist |
 Born in Tokushima and now living in Kanagawa, JAPAN. She has been creating manga since she was a child. She joined an amateur manga creators group when she was a high school student. She studied Biology in University, and was a researcher in the laboratory, and a translator in medical/life sciences. So Science is one of her influences in manga.Her favorite manga are those by Jun Mihara (especially Hamidashikko "Throwaway" story). She is also a fan of writers: Daniel Keyes, Isaac Asimov, Carl Sagan, Richard.P.Feynman. Her favorite books include: Flowers for Algernon (by Daniel Keyes), The Damon Haunted World (by Carl Sagan). She loves reading and cooking, trying to make new recipes - sometimes her attempt succeeds and sometimes, dishes from another universe are on the table. "Um, well, these strange dishes may be a good material for my manga." "Lafcadio Hearn's Japanese Ghost Stories" is her first manga in English.
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| Sean Micheal Wilson - Manga Author |
 From Edinburgh, Scotland but now living in Japan. He studied Psychology and
Sociology in Glasgow, Edinburgh and London Universities. His published work includes the graphic novel ANGEL OF THE WOODS, the story CHIMPIRA in MANGA MOVER, the poem comics in BEAUTIFUL THINGS and the historical manga THE JAPANESE DRAWING
ROOM (with artist Sakura Mizuki, of THE RING horror manga). His first published story came out in 1998 in a book and display of a major exhibition of comic art in London.
He is currently working on a comic book to be published in Japanese. As well as writing comic books he is also a film director, having made several cultural documentaries that have been shown on British television. Comic book writing
though is closer to his heart. His comic/manga influences include Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Eddie Campbell, Jiro Taniguchi and Yoshihiro Tatsumi. Others: Jorge Luis Borges, Franz Kafka, John Lennon, Magick, the Marx Brothers Terence Stamp, Scott Walker ...
His new book here at Demented Dragon is a manga biography of late 19th/early 20th C writer LAFCADIO HEARN titled "Lafcadio Hearn's Japanese Ghost Stories. Sean has also written a 40 page Yaoi manga story for Yaoi Press in the USA. Called GANG OF LOVE, it will appear in one of their books in August 2006.
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| Cheree Chuang - Anime Artist |
 Character Designer & cover artist for "The Phoenix Chronicles"
Cheree comes to us from Australia. She enjoys drawing, playing PS2 or Gamecube. Cheree is truly multi talented playing the piano and flute in addition to her awesome drawing abilities! |
| Yishan Li - Manga Artist |
Yishan Li, 25, originally from China and now living in Edinburgh, UK, studied Sociology as BA in China and MA in Cross cultural communication in University of Newcastle upon Tyne. She has been drawing manga to earn pocket money since 1998. She's published/ will publish manga in China, UK, US and France.
Recently published books are (not including stories in other people's books): Spirit Marked (10.2005, Yaoi Press), Aluria Chronicles(3.2006, Yaoi Press), Dark Mists #4 (8.2006,Markosia), Guardians #1(9.2006, QTK Anime). project currently doing are: CONTES DU BOUDOIR HANTE #1 (4.2007, Delcourt), Trizzle sisters (10.2006, Markosia, coloring), Demon Circus (2007, Yaoi Press)
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| Brent Wooley - Manga Artist |
 Brent is the author of the upcoming new series 'The Misadventures of Don Quixote' illustrated by Melissa Hudson (The Phoenix Chronicles).
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| Beth Mashburn - Senior Editor |
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Beth is best known as a former long time staff member from the A-kon anime convention in Dallas, Texas. She has a masters in English and works as a text editor for many of the titles produced
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| Akiko Shimojima - Manga Artist |
| Akiko is a manga artist living in Japan. You can see her latest work for Demented Dragon in the form of a short story located in the back of our new manga by Sean Micheal Wilson and Haruka Miyabi. Her short story titled "A DEAD SECRET" is printed in both English and Japanese in this book!
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| Kenyth - Manga Author |
 Kenyth was raised in the remote North East corner of Montana in a little town called Glasgow. He is the eldest of four children and spent his childhood between the homes of his Mother, Stacy, and his Father, Edwin. He has always lived in a fantasy world. The animated Disney musicals, the Land of Oz, and the world of Rainbow Brite all contributed to an over active imagination and the refusal to compromise his view of the world. Continuing support from his Grams and his cousin, Jody as well as working for Disney ensured that the flame of his imagination would continue to burn well into his adult life.
He would like to thank his family and friends for their undying (and sometimes nagging) support as well as Demented Dragon for giving him the chance to share his stories.
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| "Yoko" Molotov - Manga Artist |
 Artist & Author of "NECROphealia"
Yoko Molotov was born in Orwell's 1984 and was born and raised in Louisville, KY nestled in the basin of a polluted river. She decided at age 9 she would do comics, at that age on college rule and the backs of important documents like her original birth certificate.
Five years later she discovered the saccharine and disturbing world of Manga and Anime and knew it was where she belonged. Inspired by such artists as Mita Ryuusuke (Dragon Half) and studio GAINAX (Neon Genesis Evangelion, FLCL), she carved her own world with imagination and Bristol, constantly chastised for drawing in her High School days.
In 2006 Yoko made top 20 in Tokyo Pop’s Rising Stars of Manga Competition with her entry “NecrOphealia” and went along to create a Shoujo-ai Web Manga called “Stray Crayons”. NecrOphealia is now to be published by Demented Dragon in graphic novel form, with more full length Manga graphic novels to come, including "Stray Crayons".
Yoko loves her city, freshwater fishkeeping, music, Zombies,and her best friends in the entire world. She always has her nose buried in a book, or is getting kicked out of somewhere quiet.
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| Melissa Hudson - Manga Artist |
 Melissa Hudson is delighted to be embarking on her career in anime/manga.
She has found that it is quite the transition from working in the highly competitive Seattle gaming community where she was assistant Art Department Manager for Hidden City Games, LLC. Hudson’s artwork for Hidden City Games’
primary release: Clout Fantasy premiered in 56 countries in February of 2006, and she will have additional work released with upcoming expansions.
Hudson earned her BFA from Northwest College of Arts in 2005 with a double major in both Fine Arts and Multimedia. She won the President’s Award for portfolio excellence and extraordinary artistic achievement, and she was also the first-place winner of the 2002 Education Service District juried art show and has been a member of the Central Washington Association of Cartoonists since 2000.
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| Chris Hazelton - Manga Artist |
 Chris Hazelton entered the entertainment world through the film industry working on films such as "End of Days", "The Hurricane", "Thirteen Days" and "Spy Game". In 2002, Chris produced his first comic online and in print, "Building 12". Chris quickly followed up "Building 12" in 2004 with the much more successful and well known comic "Misfile". After leaving Hollywood, Chris began pursuing drawing comics as a full time career and in 2006 signed on with Demented Dragon to write and illustrate the comic series "A Steel Wing Shattered". |
| Lyle Miller - Senior Graphic Designer |
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Lyle has done just about everything in graphic art you can think of from working on product packaging for things like 7-UP to the Covers for Teen People Magazine. At Demented Dragon Lyle prepares our book layouts, some ad designs, and cover graphics. Lyle also has done some work in illustration and learned to draw from a fellow illustrator who has worked for Sanrio. |
| Ismael Alvarez - Forum Admin/Street Team |
| Better known as 'Lantis' on the forums here Ismael can often be found at conventions in the dealer's room behind a Demented Dragon table pimping out our books!
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| Chris Constantin - RPG Game Author & Company Owner |
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Chris has previously done work for Palladium books, most notably Strange familiar's of Rifts earth. He is most recently the author of “Dark Revelations".
Chris dosen't attend many anime related events but he can be convinced to run RPG games at conventions for us every now and again if bribed properly! |
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